Good products are worth their weight in gold when times are a little harsh – and this album was certainly a genially placed stopgap. In 1959, at the time when RCA launched this record on the market, the label’s shining rock star was out of the country doing his military service in good old Germany. In order to comfort all his fans during his forced absence, the record bosses produced an album with a smartly uniformed Elvis on the cover, smiling widely to let his faithful followers know that he’d be back soon. There was a special calendar too, so that his fans could count off the days until his return. This marketing ploy was extremely successful. The record became a highly desirable collector’s item and even years later illegal dollars still flowed from pirate copies.

Long acknowledged as Americas premiere folk guitarist, Arthel Lane Doc Watson was born in what was then the tiny rural community of Deep Gap, North Carolina in the heart of the Blue Ridge mountains on March 3, 1923. Surrounded by music and musicians, Doc and his siblings grew up listening to hymns, murder ballads and down home string band music, all of which would later find places in his own repertoire. In 1953, Doc formed a honky tonk dance band with pianist Jack Williams called Jack Williams and his Country Gentlemen.

Belated Christmas presents for fans of the late, great Brit-jazz tenorist Tubby Hayes as Universal have announced the arrival of selected remastered albums.

With 'Houben and Son', Steve and Greg Houben lift the lid on their family craft and blow together for the first time. A jazz record that is also a testament to the relationship between father and son and the transmission of heritage and knowledge.

The British post-punk group arrived like a breath of fresh air with their Mercury Prize-nominated debut album, 'Love in the 4th Dimension' back in April 2017. Fronted by Juliette Jackson, The Big Moon unleashed song after song fizzing with melody and charm. This, their second album, was recorded in Atlanta alongside GRAMMY-winning US Producer Ben H. Allen III (M.I.A./Deerhunter/Bombay Bicycle Club).

In August 2017 everything – from the outside at least – seemed to be going according to plan for then-indie/punk/rock startlets VANT. Five consecutive ‘BBC R1 Hottest Record(s) In The World’, a critically acclaimed debut album under their belts and a summer spent on the main stages of festivals including Fuji Rock, Governor’s Ball, Lollapalooza and Reading & Leeds. Meanwhile, frontman Mattie Vant, was quietly planning his own demise.

Seeking thrills is a sharply paced and fascinating album, packed with injections of lightness and fun, pared with rich, bubbling melodies that makes listening to it an experience that takes you into the party, through electro-pop into R&B, and back again. Georgia's deep, brooding reflections carry us through euphoria, heartache and melancholy but always with the memory of the good Times. Georgia is reminding you of the altitude of your last real thrill, and when we turn the record on, we're there again, aching for more. Heavily inspired by Chicago house and Detroit techno of the early 80s, seeking thrills fuses analogue club sounds with solid pop songwriting and showcases georgia's lifelong love affair with the drums.

Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music
What do you do when you score with the greatest album of your generation? Do another one!
Indeed, this is certainly In the Court part 2…and as good as the original!

Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music
Almost unarguably the first, most quintessential prog-rock album ever, Court virtually came out of nowhere, and almost single-handedly defined "prog-rock" at its infancy.

David Keenan is a twenty-six year old solo artist from the border-town of Dundalk in Ireland. His burgeoning reputation in his native country has been fuelled by a handful of self-released EPs and live shows which border on religious experiences. He counts Hozier, Gary Lightbody, Glenn Hansard and Dermot Kennedy among his growing number of fans. A Beginner's Guide To Bravery is his debut album. Recorded live in the studio, it is an audacious, unfettered introduction to his singular sound world.

This collection, marking the end of John Wetton's association with E.G. Records, is a somewhat skewed compilation of his work in the seventies.

Two stars together: Jonh Wetton (King Crimson, UK, Asia, etc.) and Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music), in this interesting work!

Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection.
Having played for the prog bands UK and Jethro Tull, Eddie Jobson decided after to start a solo career, and "Zinc" is his first album. Absolutely progressive, the tracks are often loaded and dynamic.

Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection.
This is the live record of the 2 UK's studio albums. The sound is only good. There are 2 new songs: "Night after night" and "As long as you want me here".

TIBOR HARSÁNYI is always associated with ‘L’École de Paris’, a loosely knit collection of expatriate composers living in the city, among them Martinů, Tansman and Tcherepnin. He embraced music from a wide variety of sources, notably from North and South America, and this enriched his own music’s rhythmic vitality and sense of colour.